Genesis 50:10-12
New Life Version
10 They came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan. There they cried with much sorrow. Joseph cried in sorrow for his father for seven days. 11 When those who lived in the land, the Canaanites, saw the people crying in sorrow at the grain-floor of Atad, they said, “This is a great sorrow for the Egyptians.” So the place was given the name Abel-mizraim. It is on the other side of the Jordan.
12 Jacob’s sons did as he had told them.
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Genesis 50:10-12
English Standard Version
10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, (A)they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he (B)made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim;[a] it is beyond the Jordan. 12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them,
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- Genesis 50:11 Abel-mizraim means mourning (or meadow) of Egypt
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